What do people think of the 7mm WSM?

[rkm456]

https://precisionrifleblog.com/2017/02/16/long-range-calibers-cartridges-what-the-pros-use/

To be fair, that's a year old.

In 2018 they started ditching the 6.5's because the recoil was too stout.

 

[john-brennan]

If I had not owned a 7mm RM I would have bought one, I also had a 270WSM at the time.

 

[NAA]

Never had a rifle in a WSM ctg but always thought if I did it should be a 7mm WSM.

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NAA.

 

[Hitzy]

To be fair, that's a year old.

In 2018 they started ditching the 6.5's because the recoil was too stout.

PRS.... Patheticly Recoil Sensitive lol

 

[350 Mag]

With Ruger deploying 300 PRC.....I would assume we will see commercial loading and popularity of 6.5 PRC and 7mm PRC....

I would hold out for a bit and we will likely see 7mm PRC.

 

[David L]

Great all around caliber

 

[nomad 68]

Best of the bunch. Will be the first to disappear unfortunately. Can't understand why it's not the most popular. Brass is scarcer than hen's teeth.

 

[remington jim]

WSM, WSSM, SAUM, all are absurd and ridiculous, only serving to dupe the customer and thin their wallet with marginal gains, high cost, limited availability and poor resale value. Buy something that has some staying power and that you’ll be able to get ammo for in the future.

WOW ! someone woke up GRUMPY with a lets SH*T on Fat Short Cartridges Attitude ! LOL RJ

 

[hoytcanon]

Best of the bunch. Will be the first to disappear unfortunately. Can't understand why it's not the most popular. Brass is scarcer than hen's teeth.

Easy to make 7WSM brass out of 300WSM...

 

[leveractionjunkie]

Never had a rifle in a WSM ctg but always thought if I did it should be a 7mm WSM.

+1 me too. It was the one I thought about getting.

 

[pete dobinson]

To me it doesn't make sense why the 7mm wsm isn't as popular as the 300 wsm or the 270 wsm. The 7 wsm is a excellent cartridge in a short action, which is its only advantage over the 7mm remington. If your looking for a cartridge that fits into a light weight short action rifle the 7 wsm is a good choice. Its also very accurate in my experience. It has a little more powder capacity than the 300 and 270wsm.

 

[todbartell]

in the rifles I have tested with factory ammo, the 7wsm blows the doors off the 7mm Rem Mag

 

[elimsprint]

in the rifles I have tested with factory ammo, the 7wsm blows the doors off the 7mm Rem Mag

In accuracy, velocity or both?

 

[todbartell]

In accuracy, velocity or both?

velocity

7mm WSM, Federal Fusion 150gr ~ 3100 fps claimed
24" Win m70 ~ 3134 fps

7mm WSM, Federal Premium 160gr Trophy Bonded Tip ~ 3000 fps claimed
24" Win m70 ~ 3100 fps

7mm Rem Mag, Remington 150gr Core Lokt ~ 3110 fps claimed
24.4" Tikka T3x ~ 2993 fps

7mm Rem Mag, Hornady American WT 154gr Interlock ~ 3035 fps claimed
24.4" Tikka T3x ~ 2744 fps

7mm Rem Mag, Federal Premium 160gr Nosler Partition ~ 2950 fps claimed
24.4" Tikka T3x ~ 2800 fps

7mm Rem Mag, Hornady Precision Hunter 162gr ELD-X ~ 2940 fps claimed
24" Sako ~ 2903 fps

7mm Rem Mag, Nosler TGLR 168gr ABLR ~ 2880 fps claimed
24" Sako ~ 2877 fps

 

[hoytcanon]

in the rifles I have tested with factory ammo, the 7wsm blows the doors off the 7mm Rem Mag

This is my experience also... certainly in the consistency department... hard to draw any empirical conclusions from the dozen or so rifles I am comparing, but the trend is consistent enough that I am comfortable coming to that conclusion for my own purposes.

 

[elimsprint]

velocity

7mm WSM, Federal Fusion 150gr ~ 3100 fps claimed
24" Win m70 ~ 3134 fps

7mm WSM, Federal Premium 160gr Trophy Bonded Tip ~ 3000 fps claimed
24" Win m70 ~ 3100 fps

7mm Rem Mag, Remington 150gr Core Lokt ~ 3110 fps claimed
24.4" Tikka T3x ~ 2993 fps

7mm Rem Mag, Hornady American WT 154gr Interlock ~ 3035 fps claimed
24.4" Tikka T3x ~ 2744 fps

7mm Rem Mag, Federal Premium 160gr Nosler Partition ~ 2950 fps claimed
24.4" Tikka T3x ~ 2800 fps

7mm Rem Mag, Hornady Precision Hunter 162gr ELD-X ~ 2940 fps claimed
24" Sako ~ 2903 fps

7mm Rem Mag, Nosler TGLR 168gr ABLR ~ 2880 fps claimed
24" Sako ~ 2877 fps

Ahh, so the unimportant one, lol.

I've never chrono'd 7 RM factory ammo, I've always handloaded for it and don't own any SM's but that's amazing, I wonder why that is?

 

[pete dobinson]

My kimber 7wsm was faster than my buddies rem 700 7mm mag. Both rifle's have 24" barrels.

 

[bearkilr]

in the rifles I have tested with factory ammo, the 7wsm blows the doors off the 7mm Rem Mag

They both have very similar powder capacity so any "blowing doors off" is likely only due to burn efficiency and more possibly slow vs. fast barrels in individual guns, as evidenced by your test results.

The Tikka seems to have a slow barrel, the Sako average, and the M70 a fast one......if one is to believe factory advertised velocities.

 

[elimsprint]

My kimber 7wsm was faster than my buddies rem 700 7mm mag. Both rifle's have 24" barrels.

Using the same bullets in handloads for each or similar bullets in similar factory ammo?

 

[todbartell]

i wonder why that is?

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